Article: Asbury Park: Where revitalization meets the sea

Sitting in Asbury Park's municipal building, Mayor Kevin G. Sanders reckons his city is special in many people's minds.

"I have been in 13 different states and four different countries and when you say 'New Jersey,' everybody thinks of Asbury Park. They don't think of Trenton. They don't think of Atlantic City. They say 'Asbury Park' ... They remember their childhood memories at the Asbury Park boardwalk."

Begun in 1870, the 1.4-square-mile city had its start as a resort town (with additional year-round business) and continued as a popular destination through much of the 20th century. However, during the 1960s, other New Jersey destinations became competitive and then, in the summer of ...

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